Billi Dee Williams
ΠΠΈΠ»Π»ΠΈ ΠΠΈ Π£ΠΈΠ»ΡΡΠΌΡ Π²ΡΡΠΎΡ Π² ΠΠ°ΡΠ»Π΅ΠΌΠ΅ Ρ ΡΠ΅ΠΌΡΠ΅ΠΉ, ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΡΠ°Ρ Π°ΠΊΡΠΈΠ²Π½ΠΎ ΠΏΠΎΠΎΡΡΡΠ»Π° Π΅Π³ΠΎ Ρ ΡΠ΄ΠΎΠΆΠ΅ΡΡΠ²Π΅Π½Π½ΡΠ΅ ΡΠΏΠΎΡΠΎΠ±Π½ΠΎΡΡΠΈ ΠΈ ΡΠΏΠΎΡΠΎΠ±ΡΡΠ²ΠΎΠ²Π°Π»Π° ΡΠ½ΡΡΠ·ΠΈΠ°Π·ΠΌΡ Π²ΠΎ Π²ΡΠ΅Ρ ΡΠΎΡΠΌΠ°Ρ ΠΊΡΠ»ΡΡΡΡΠ½ΠΎΠ³ΠΎ ΡΠ°ΠΌΠΎΠ²ΡΡΠ°ΠΆΠ΅Π½ΠΈΡ. ΠΠ½ Π½Π°ΡΠ°Π» ΡΠΈΡΠΎΠ²Π°ΡΡ Π² ΡΠ°Π½Π½Π΅ΠΌ Π²ΠΎΠ·ΡΠ°ΡΡΠ΅ ΠΈ ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΡΡΠΈΠ» ΡΡΠΈΠΏΠ΅Π½Π΄ΠΈΠΈ Π² ΠΠ°ΡΠΈΠΎΠ½Π°Π»ΡΠ½ΠΎΠΉ Π°ΠΊΠ°Π΄Π΅ΠΌΠΈΠΈ ΠΈΠ·ΠΎΠ±ΡΠ°Π·ΠΈΡΠ΅Π»ΡΠ½ΡΡ ΠΈΡΠΊΡΡΡΡΠ² ΠΈ Π΄ΠΈΠ·Π°ΠΉΠ½Π° Π² ΠΡΡ-ΠΠΎΡΠΊΠ΅. Π’Π°ΠΌ ΠΎΠ½ ΠΈΠ·ΡΡΠ°Π» ΠΊΠ»Π°ΡΡΠΈΡΠ΅ΡΠΊΠΈΠ΅ ΠΏΡΠΈΠ½ΡΠΈΠΏΡ ΠΆΠΈΠ²ΠΎΠΏΠΈΡΠΈ. ΠΠΎ ΠΈΡΠΎΠ½ΠΈΠΈ ΡΡΠ΄ΡΠ±Ρ, ΡΡΠΎ Π±ΡΠ»Π° Π½Π΅ΠΎΠ±Ρ ΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΠΌΠΎΡΡΡ Π·Π°ΡΠ°Π±Π°ΡΡΠ²Π°ΡΡ Π΄Π΅Π½ΡΠ³ΠΈ, ΡΡΠΎΠ±Ρ ΠΊΡΠΏΠΈΡΡ ΠΊΡΠ°ΡΠΊΠΈ ΠΈ Ρ ΠΎΠ»ΡΡ, ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΡΡΠ΅ ΠΏΡΠΈΠ½Π΅ΡΠ»ΠΈ Π£ΠΈΠ»ΡΡΠΌΡΡ Π΅Π³ΠΎ ΠΎΠ±ΡΠΈΡΠ½ΡΠ΅ ΠΊΡΠ΅Π΄ΠΈΡΡ ΠΊΠ°ΠΊ Π½Π° ΡΠ΅Π»Π΅Π²ΠΈΠ΄Π΅Π½ΠΈΠΈ, ΡΠ°ΠΊ ΠΈ Π² ΠΊΠΈΠ½ΠΎ. Π 1988 Π³ΠΎΠ΄Ρ ΠΎΠ½ Π²Π½ΠΎΠ²Ρ ΠΏΡΠΎΡΠ²ΠΈΠ» ΡΠ½ΡΡΠ·ΠΈΠ°Π·ΠΌ ΠΊ ΠΆΠΈΠ²ΠΎΠΏΠΈΡΠΈ Π²ΠΎ Π²ΡΠ΅ΠΌΡ Π²ΡΡΡΡΠΏΠ»Π΅Π½ΠΈΡ Π² ΠΡΡ-ΠΠΎΡΠΊΠ΅.
Π‘ 1991 Π³ΠΎΠ΄Π° Ρ Π½Π΅Π³ΠΎ Π±ΡΠ»ΠΎ ΠΌΠ½ΠΎΠΆΠ΅ΡΡΠ²ΠΎ Π²ΡΡΡΠ°Π²ΠΎΠΊ ΡΠΎΠ»ΡΠ½ΠΎΠ³ΠΎ ΠΈΡΠΊΡΡΡΡΠ²Π° ΠΏΠΎ Π²ΡΠ΅ΠΉ ΠΠΌΠ΅ΡΠΈΠΊΠ΅, ΠΈ ΠΎΠ½ ΠΏΠΎΠΆΠ΅ΡΡΠ²ΠΎΠ²Π°Π» ΠΊΠ°ΡΡΠΈΠ½Ρ ΠΠ°ΡΠΈΠΎΠ½Π°Π»ΡΠ½ΠΎΠΉ ΠΏΠΎΡΡΡΠ΅ΡΠ½ΠΎΠΉ Π³Π°Π»Π΅ΡΠ΅Π΅ Π² ΠΠ°ΡΠΈΠ½Π³ΡΠΎΠ½Π΅, ΠΎΠΊΡΡΠ³ ΠΠΎΠ»ΡΠΌΠ±ΠΈΡ ΠΈ ΠΡΠ·Π΅Ρ Π¨ΠΎΠΌΠ±Π΅ΡΠ³Π° Π² ΠΡΡ-ΠΠΎΡΠΊΠ΅. Π£ΠΈΠ»ΡΡΠΌΡ Π½Π°Π·ΡΠ²Π°Π΅Ρ ΡΠ²ΠΎΠΈ ΠΊΠ°ΡΡΠΈΠ½Ρ Π°Π±ΡΡΡΠ°ΠΊΡΠ½ΠΎΠΉ ΡΠ΅Π°Π»ΡΠ½ΠΎΡΡΡΡ, ΡΡΠΎΠ±Ρ Π²ΡΡΠ°Π·ΠΈΡΡ Π»Π΅ΠΆΠ°ΡΠΈΠ΅ Π² ΠΈΡ ΠΎΡΠ½ΠΎΠ²Π΅ ΠΏΡΠΈΠ½ΡΠΈΠΏΡ. ΠΠ½ Π²ΡΡΡΠ³ΠΈΠ²Π°Π΅Ρ ΡΠ²ΠΎΠΈΡ ΠΏΠΎΠ΄Π΄Π°Π½Π½ΡΡ ΠΈΠ· ΠΆΠΈΠ·Π½ΠΈ: Π»ΡΠ΄Π΅ΠΉ, ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΡΡΡ ΠΎΠ½ Π²ΡΡΡΠ΅ΡΠ°Π», ΡΠΈΡΡΠ°ΡΠΈΠΉ, Π² ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΡΡΡ ΠΎΠ½ ΠΆΠΈΠ», ΠΈ ΠΈΠ½ΠΎΠ³Π΄Π° ΠΏΠ΅ΡΡΠΎΠ½Π°ΠΆΠ΅ΠΉ, ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΡΡΡ ΠΎΠ½ Π½Π΅ Π·Π½Π°Π΅Ρ, Π½ΠΎ ΡΡΡ ΡΠ²ΠΎΠ΅ΠΎΠ±ΡΠ°Π·Π½Π°Ρ Π²Π½Π΅ΡΠ½ΠΎΡΡΡ ΠΈΠ»ΠΈ ΠΏΠΎΠ²Π΅Π΄Π΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅ ΠΏΠΎΠΏΠ°Π»ΠΈΡΡ Π΅ΠΌΡ Π½Π° Π³Π»Π°Π·Π°.
BILLY DEE WILLIAMS grew up in Harlem with a family that actively encouraged his artistic abilities and fostered an enthusiasm for all forms of cultural expression. He began drawing at an early age and won scholarships to the National Academy of Fine Arts and Design in New York. There he studied classical principles of painting. Ironically, it was the need to earn money to buy paints and canvas that brought Williams his extensive credits in both television and film. In 1988, he renewed his enthusiasm for painting during an acting appearance in New York.
Since 1991, he has had numerous solo art exhibitions across America, and has donated paintings to the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC and The Schomburg Museum in New York. Williams calls his paintings abstract reality to express the underlying principles behind them. He draws his subjects from life: people he has met, situations he has lived, and sometimes characters he doesn't know, but whose idiosyncratic appearance or behavior has caught his eye.